Thorny Bamboo
Bambusa arundinacea
Also known as Bamboo, Spiny bamboo
Shrub
About Thorny Bamboo
Bambusa bambos, (synonym Gigantichloa maxima) the giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo, or thorny bamboo (but see Bambusa spinosa) is a species of clumping bamboo native to southern Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indochina). It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Central America, West Indies, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, and the Philippines.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bambusa arundinacea
- Genus
- Bambusa
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Thorny Bamboo belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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